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Chocolate Truffles are super easy to make and so rewarding to eat. When making them, I found myself eating the chocolate by the spoonful instead of actually shaping them. I really like the idea of a wine and cheese dessert plate. A sort of sampler plate with blue cheese crackers, red wine truffles, goat cheese …
Tis the season for fruit cake. Seriously, Fruit Cake! I know that you have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the yearly fruitcake. Knowing that it is so popular, you will be happy to know that this recipe makes 3 loaves!! In fact I’ve had fruit cake on the brain since August. It is almost …
If I had to prepare a meal for someone that represented me and my cooking style, I would probably make goulash. It might best represent my food ideas and cultural perspective, and how they change. This meal is a great example of whole foods and slow foods. Hungarian Goulash was the first complete meal that …
If you know me then you might know that I grew up not far from a large Greek community called Tarpon Springs. This influenced some of my food favorites growing up. Kalmata olives were more common than green or black olives, feta cheese is best when brined, Papa’s Greek salad is my favorite, and dolmades are …
What is your comfort food? That was the question posed for the September potluck. As I found out, most peoples’ comfort food included potatoes or cheese. To be sure these are at the top of my list. I appreciated that the collective group of people from all corners of the country came up with similar …
I would like to introduce you to my favorite coconut cake that just happens to be vegan. This is a variation of recipe that I came across years ago and filed away under the ‘find an excuse to make it’ category. Sadly I have lost the original source. I was saving this cake for a day when I would …
Good News! I found my canning supplies and you missed the first 3 batches of blackberry jelly. I can also now share with you that 34 cups of berries makes lots of juice. In the past two weeks we have joined the schoolhouse group as people who own a historic schoolhouse. This is the most …
I see Jelly in my future. I have more blackberries than I know what to do with. I pick every berry that is close to me and never seem to get them all. I start picking at the end of one long drooping arm, pulling off blackberries the size of my thumb. As I pull …
Slurp ‘em like oysters I say! Boiled Peanuts are something like a soft cooked bean (duh! It’s a legume!) in a firm, inedible, shell. They are also addicting. During my very first job at the produce stand I would snack on green beans and boiled peanuts. In the heat of the Florida summer, I sat …
It's like veggie mac.... but sublime. This macaroni and smoked cheese came about from a combination of different recipes I had been holding on to. What I think really makes it stand out is the combination of cheeses and the cauliflower although others have argued that the noodles help bring this macaroni to its greatness. …
Nancy Warner 